the cutting room mirror

Mystic Mind: Yureru Omoi

This article has a talk page!
view on tcrf.net

This page contains no introduction.
What makes this game notable or what is it about? Are you a bad enough dude to save this article?

'...But does it make sense?'
The translations on this page need to be proofread. If you are fluent enough in this language, please make any corrections necessary!

This needs some investigation.
Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page.
Specifically: Figure out what encoding is used inside HIMITSU.TXT after the text "<<< DONTREAD.TXT for MS-DOS ( use shift_jis ish ) [ 35 lines ] >>>"
It seems that they use ISH encoder. you need this program (Only works in MS-DOS).

Debug Script#

A debug script (CHECK.YX) can be ran by activating the below code. This menu will appear after the opening logos. This allows listening to music, viewing movies, and allows selection of various character related events of the players choosing.

Debug Script After Logos
8007615C 6863
8007615E 6365
80076160 006B
80076164 6843
80076166 6365
80076168 006B

Full menu options:

Text

Translation

デバッグ

Debug

-空室-

Empty

com

com

op_main

op_main

オープニング

Opening

プロローグ

Prologue

エビローグ

Epilogue

バッド

Bad

ハッピ

Happy

セレクタ

Select (character select)

BGMセレクト

BGM Select

MINI

MINI

???

??? (crashes the game)

NEXT

NEXT

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Debug#

Mystic_Mind_-_debugmenu2.png Mystic_Mind_-_debugmenu3.png

This menu allows choosing characters and allows viewing of their event scenes, such as location and activity type.

Mystic_Mind_-_debugmenu4.png Mystic_Mind_-_debugmenu5.png

After selecting a character, you will appear at this screen. Selecting the first option will cycle through all of the event CG images in the game.

Text

Translation

イベント一枚絵垂れ流しモード(暫く帰ってきません)

Event single-picture hanging mode (will not return for a while)

やめる

Quit

次ヘ

Next

HIMITSU.TXT#

Present inside MMSNR.ARC is a text file from one of the staff members.

//********************************************************************************************************************
//
//  filename        : HIMITSU.TXT
//
//  contents    : Secret "poison"
//
//  date        version                                                                                     author
//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  98.05.08    1.00                                                                                        Pokaro
//  98.05.15    1.01                                                                                        Pokaro
//  98.06.09    1.02                                                                                        Pokaro
//  98.07.24    1.03                                                                                        Pokaro
//
//  Pokaro  NIFTY       CQE10537@niftyserve.or.jp
//          TokyoBBS        PORCARO
//          ribbon communication    RI001615
//
//********************************************************************************************************************

Hello, I am Takahashi, a programmer.
This is Takahashi, aka Pokaro, a programmer.
I've been told by Company S that I must not include Yokey files.
I will hide such a file in the archive file.
So, if you are reading this, don't tell anyone. Never.

//********************************************************************************************************************
//
//  function    : Part 1
//
//  description : Nonsense #1, the pressure of 6 seconds left
//
//  format      : #1 ( ) ;
//  inputs      : Riddle
//  output      : Riddle
//
//********************************************************************************************************************

As I write this on May 8, I am having a hard time compressing various data.
After all, the total capacity is 650M, almost using up a 71-minute CD (21 seconds left!).
I asked the OP movie to sacrifice by reducing the quality of the image. (Mr. Sasaki, I'm sorry for all my reckless comments.)
If I compress the audio data, it will be about 80%. I wonder if I can make the OP movie with this.
However, the world does not always turn out as expected.
    "Decompression is slow!"
Yes, we were recklessly trying to do arithmetic compression.
After much deliberation, I tried compressing with Huffman, which I did not expect much, and found that the compression ratio was slightly higher.

I hope it will be ready for the production version. Ho-ho-ho-holy crap....


5/15
In the end, we ended up with a two-disc set.
Huffman's deployment was also slightly slower (could not exceed the transfer rate of the CD), and I am depressed, thinking that it is largely due to my lack of skill.
I put the OP movie back and put the same data in the first and second movie (^^;), and the situation was somehow settled.


6/9
The monitoring session seems to have gone well. (I haven't seen the detailed report yet...).
We received the product code from company S and made some adjustments.
I feel like I've somehow reached the end of the process.

/********************************************************************************************************************
//
//  function    : Part #2
//
//  description : Nonsense #2, afterwords
//
//  format      : Part 2 ( ) ;
//  inputs      : Riddle
//  output      : Riddle
//
//********************************************************************************************************************

It has been a month since my last post.
The version number has been steadily increasing, finally reaching 1.20.10.00. (The delivered version is 1.30.) (The delivered version is 1.30.)

I'll leave it at ISH because it will become a complaint below. If you want to read it, please do so.

<<< DONTREAD.TXT for MS-DOS  ( use shift_jis ish ) [ 35 lines ] >>>
(encoded text here)
--- DONTREAD.TXT (35/35) ---

Tomorrow is the deadline for the A*tamen's giveaway for all!
I don't know what I'm writing.

//********************************************************************************************************************
//
//  function    : PS
//
//  description : Private message
//
//  format      : PS( ) ;
//  inputs      : Riddle
//  output      : Riddle
//
//********************************************************************************************************************

Takuchan, I have been busy for a long time now, so I am sorry for the delay in my emails and BBS comments.
Yes, the end of March was really bad. I ran out of money. I had to borrow money to buy various items.


Emiko, I hope you are doing well. I am still the same as ever. How are you doing, Teru-san and Reeko-chan?
Yes, it's been four years since that incident.
I want to apologize in a brief comment.
This is the only thing that makes my heart clench.


Miho, it's been a while.
It has been difficult for me to meet up with the members of the Perc. part.
I haven't had a chance to play live instruments at all recently, and all I do is DTM.
First of all, please contact me at CQE10537@niftyserve.or.jp. Waiting to get in touch. (I'm waiting to hear from you.)
I saw Samukawa on a certain website. (He said he had the same name and was a graduate of the 13th class.)

//********************************************************************************************************************
//  eof
//********************************************************************************************************************

The original text file can be downloaded by clicking here as it contains yet to be deciphered encoding.